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Edward Jenner was hardly the father of Vaccinology. This method was long known in Indian sources. The best source concerning the Indian method of treatment of

Edward Jenner was hardly the father of Vaccinology. This method was long known in Indian sources. The best source concerning the Indian method of treatment of smallpox is a report by Dr. John Z. Holwell in 1767 for the College of Physicians in London. This report is an excellent source for understanding the mind of the Ayurvedic doctors of the eighteenth century. [1] [1] https://swarajyamag.com/books/smallpox https://swarajyamag.com/books/smallpox

Apocryphon 5y ago
It sounds like he wasn't even the first among his contemporaries. But it is known for certain that in the years following 1770, at least six people in England and Germany (Sevel, Jensen, Jesty 1774, Rendall, Plett 1791) tested successfully the possibility of using the cowpox vaccine as an immunization for smallpox in humans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox_vaccine#Early_vaccination https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox_vaccine#Early_vaccina... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2279376/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2279376/
- buck4roo 5y ago
  Evidence of variolation goes back to the 15th century https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variolation#China https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variolation#China